Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13

| TIE mills OF the Bloomington GIL Roliel
Mill Company, together with granarles con
tanning 10000 bushels of wheat, Were
| burned the other morning. Loss, SSo,OOU
nearly covered with insurance. The nre l:
! supposed to have originated IN the aus
room.
| PETITIONS for the Communication OF Int
sentences of the Anarchists have been sem
| to nearly every city in America. Inc An
archist defense fund is over SlO,OOO anc
growing.
GovERNoR MOONLIGHT, Of Wyoming
estimates the population Of that Territory
at s., 900.
EDWARD and Thomas Moran, brothers, OF
Ardak, Oak, were found asphyxiated by
gas in a Chicago hotel the other day
A BRITISH syndicate, which recently
| bought large tract OF land from the Nc
Gregor & Western Railroad Company, OF
Iowa. is accused of heartless eviction OF
squatters.
THE schooner Jesse Scarth, laden with
26 600, bushels OF corn from Chicago, bound
for Toronto, sank IN forty fathoms OF water
I'eight miles north of Manistee, Mich, the
other night. Captain Roberts and the
crew reached the shore IN safety.
AN excursion train from st. Louis to
Belleville, Ill, late the other night ran on
to an open switch near the latter place ana
barely escaped being wrecked.
CHARLES DOLL, ex-member OF the board
of public works OF Cir cinnati, has been SEN
fenced to two years in the penltentlary,
upon conviction OF having misapplled city
funds in the purchase OF lot OF horses In
Illinois for the city's use.
DOUGLAS & STEWARDS oatmeal mill at
Cedar Rapids, Ia, was destroyed recently
Loss, S125, 600; insured, $4,000
HENRY c. BURNETT, formerly OF Leaven-
worth, Kan, has been made warden OF the
New Mexico penitentiary, vice Thomas T.
Gable, retired.
FIRE in the lumber districts OF Menomi-
nee, Mich, the other night destroyed 1000, =
600 feet of lumber, causing S1OO 600 loss
THERE was an immense crush at the re-
ception to the President in Chicago on the
5th The grand procession was series of
ovations.
BY the explosion of boiler in David
Young's sawmill, near Amanda, O., recent
ly, George Lape, Simon Young and Amos
Young were instantly killed and Mrs. Simon
Young was seriously injured. The cause
was unknown.
THREE unknown young men went boating
on the lake near Chicago the other day. At
the foot of Monroe street they attempted to
change seats, when the boat tipped over
and all three were drowned.
THE Northwestern Freight Bureau rail-
roads have decided to continue the organi-
cation regardless of the Withdrawals of
several lines.
THE Clow-Nolan prize fight near Cincin-
natl was stopped by the sheriff recently,
after one round had been fought, Both
combatants were arrested.
THE National Exposition opened in Kan
sas City, Mo-, on the 9th, to close November
Is. Major Warner, representing the dis
trlct in Congress, delivered the opening ad-
dress.
THE Farmers Alliance closed it's annual
session at Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 9Th
and adjourned to meet next year in Des
Moines. The following officers were elect
ed: President, j. Burrows, of Nebraska;
ex-senator l.. D. Whiting,
Of Illinois; secretary, August Post, of
Iowa; treasurer, j. j. Furlong, of Mime.
sofa; lecturer, A. D. Chase, of Dakota.
THE tug Orient, owned at Fairhaven,
Mich, was lost in Lake Erie recently and
her crew of six men drowned.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND reached Milwau-
zee, Wis, on the 9th, where he received an
ovation. He was welcomed by Mayor W all
per, and in response expressed himself as
much charmed with the place and its peo-
pie.